28 Jan
2003
28 Jan
'03
8:37 a.m.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:01:50 -0800, Brian Redfern wrote:
Anyone tried using SDL for UI? Its designed for games
but has some
interesting possibilties with having an animated interface or a full
screen interface for the audio. The SDL audio libs are too playback
oriented to be useful for most music software, but you could combine an
SDL gui with an ALSA backend.
Yes, meterbridge (http://plugin.org.uk/meterbridge/) and pressgang
(http://plugin.org.uk/pressgang/screenshot.png) both use SDL + SDL_image +
JACK.
Its relativly easy to work with, but there are no drawing primitives
(linedraw, circle etc.), only pixel draw and blit.
The UI code for pressgang (not finised BTW incase you're wondering why it
looks wierd) is arranged like a toolkit, but its missing some features to
make it cleanly usable in other code.
- Steve
